Combined curtain and shade support.



F. WALLACE.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT.

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F. WALLACE.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT.

UNITED STATESMDATENT OFFICE.

FRED WALLAGE, OF EDEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN SCHEIBLE, OF EDEN, NEW YORK.

Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed August 10, 1910. Serial No. 576,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED VALLACE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eden, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Curtain and Shade Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined curtain and shade supports.

The object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which can be readily attached to any cornice or window frame without the use of attaching screws, nails or the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be adjusted so as to accommodate the device to different sized shades and to different lengths of curtain poles and also to position the pole supporting brackets and shade supports, a suflicient distance away from the window frame irrespective of the position of the attachment.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the devices removed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is an inner elevation. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of one of the devices. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the shade brackets removed. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the curtain pole bracket removed. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the bracket supporting plate.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 1 represents a window frame which has secured in the upper cornice thereof, the attaching plates 2. As both of these attaching plates are identical and the supporting brackets which are secured thereto also identical, a description of one will be sufficient to a complete understanding of the invention.

The attaching plate comprises a body 3 having a central arcuate slot 4 which is formed by a projecting head 5 upon the under side of which is pivoted a lever 6. This lever 6 projects through and travels in the slot 4 and is locked in one .position by a catch 7 which is slidably mounted upon the lever 6 and is adapted to engage a notch 8 which communicates with the slot 4. The inner portion of the lever where it is pivoted to the head 5 is provided with a head 9 corresponding in outline to the head 5 and having pivoted on opposite sides of its pivotal point the sliding securing bars 10 each of which is slotted at 11 to receive headed rivets 12 for guiding the bars in their move-. ments upon the attaching plate. The slots and rivets guide the bars so that they project from the right angular sides of the plates in opposite directions to and at an angle so that the prongs 13 will enter the wood of the frame in opposite directions and hold the attaching plate in position.

Bent up from the vertical side of the attaching plate 2 is a bracket support 14.- having its sides bent into guiding flanges 15 in which is adapted to slide the bracket support 16. The portion of the bracket support 16 which slides in the flanges 15 is slotted as at 17 so as to receive a set screw 18 which is carried by the support 1 1 so as to hold the member 16 in adjusted position. A set screw 19is carried upon the bracket support 16 so as to enter the horizontal slot 20 in the ad justing plate 21 which is mounted upon the bracket support 16 and is adapted to slide between the set screw bolt and a pair of ears 22 formed on the bracket support 16.

Secured at its opposite ends to the opposite ends of the adjusting plate is a shade bracket supporting bar 23 which is raised from the plate 21 throughout its length and is provided with a plurality of slots 24: which are adapted to receive a lug 25 formed on the inner end of the shade bracket 26. The shade bracket is pivotally mounted upon the laterally projecting ear 27 of a bracket supporting clip 28 which takes over the bar 23 and is adapted to slide thereon so as to adjust the bracket 26 to accommodate different lengths of shade rollers. As shown, the upper inner edge of the bracket 26 is rounded and the inner lower edge is formed into a shoulder 29 which limits its downward move ment. By raising the bracket 26 upon the ear 27 the lug 25 may be disengaged from the apertures 24: and the clip slid along u on the bar 23 to any desired position. By tlien lowering the bracket 26 the lug 25 is brought into engagement with one of the apertures 24 and the clip locked from movement thereof.

A curtain pole bracket is shown at 30 having upon its outer end a pole receiving member 31 and upon its inner end a lateral arm 32 having an adjusting finger 83. The lateral arm 32 is provided with an overhangprongs on said bolts for engaging adjacent corners of a window frame, means for guiding said bolts over the body, a lever for simultaneously operating said bolts to throw the prongs into engagement with the frame, and means carried by the body and adapted to engage the lever for locking the bolts in projected position.

2. An attaching plate for curtain and shade brackets, comprising a triangular body, bolts slidably mounted thereon, prongs on said bolts to engage adjacent corners of a window frame, a lever for throwing said bolts in opposite directions, said lever having a notch, and a sliding bolt carried by the lever adapted to engage said notch to lock the bolts in projected position.

3. An attaching plate for curtain and shade brackets comprising a body having a slot therein, a pivoting head substantially surrounded by the slot, a pair of bolts slidably mounted upon the plate and having frame engaging prongs, a lever pivoted upon the head and to the bolts for projecting the bolts in opposite directions, said lever projecting through the slot in the plate and adapted to rotate therein, said plate having a notch and a sliding bolt carried by the lever adapted to engage said notch to lock the pronged bolts in projected position.

4. In combination, a supporting plate, a notched adjusting plate secured thereto and raised from the supporting plate, of a clip slidably mounted upon the adjusting plate, a shade bracket pivotally mounted upon the clip, a lug on the shade bracket to engage the notches in the adjusting plate to lock the clip in adjusted position and means to limit the downward movement of the shade bracket.

5. In combination, a support, a supporting plate adj ustably mounted upon the support, an adjusting plate having a plurality of apertures secured to the supporting plate and raised therefrom, a clip slidably mounted upon the adjusting plate, a shade roller bracket pivotally mounted upon the clip, a lug carried upon the bracket to engage one of the apertures in the supporting plate to lock the clip from movement, and a shoulder formed on the bracket to engage the adjusting plate to limit the downward movement of the bracket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED WALLACE.

Witnesses:

- JOHN KRUsE,

PETER A. DANA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

